Benoy Basu

For the Indian boxer, see Benoy Bose (boxer).

Benoy Basu
Born(1908-09-11)11 September 1908
Bikrampur, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh )
Died13 December 1930(1930-12-13) (aged 22)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Other namesBinoy Bose
Alma materMitford Medical School (now Sir Salimullah Medical College)
Known forWriters' Building attack
B. B. D.
Memorials

Benoy Krishna Basu (Bengali: বিনয় কৃষ্ণ বসু Binôe Boshu), Benoy Basu, or Benoy Bose (11 September 1908 – 13 December 1930) was an Indian revolutionary against British rule in India, who launched an attack on the Secretariat Building; the Writers' Building at the Dalhousie square in Kolkata, along with Badal Gupta and Dinesh Chandra Gupta.[1]

Early life

Basu was born on 11 September 1908, in the village Rohitbhog in the Munshiganj District, then in British India. His father, Rebatimohan Basu was an engineer.[2]

References

  1. ^ Basu, Raj Sekhar (2012). "Basu, Benoy Krishna". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ "Benoy Basu". Indian Freedom Fighters. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.[self-published source]

Bibliography

  • Hemendranath Dasgupta, Bharater Biplab Kahini, II & III, Calcutta, 1948;
  • Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, History of the Freedom Movement in India, III, Calcutta 1963;
  • Ganganarayan Chandra, Abismaraniya, Calcutta, 1966.